PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THE SAVE VENICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND YOUR DONATIONS, LARGE OR SMALL, ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO KEEP THIS LAWSUIT IN THE COURT – THANK YOU! PRESS RELEASE February 2, 2017 VC-PUCC LAWSUIT CLAIMING CITY OF LA SIDESTEPS ITS RESPONSIBILITIES IN APPROVING VENICE DEVELOPMENTS WITHOUT PUBLIC PROCESS MOVES FORWARD City Said: Dismiss The […]

BONIN’S B.I.D. BUDDIES — CARL LAMBERT AND MARK SOKOL From MichaelKohlhaas.org: I reported a couple of weeks ago that as late as two months ago, Mike Bonin aide Debbie Dyner Harris had refused to tell Becky Dennison of Venice Community Housing the names of the three members of the Board of Directors of the […]

BAN THE VENICE B.I.D Here we go again! Another giant step in the gentrification of Venice is on it’s way — the proposed formation of a Business Improvement District (BID), initiated by Carl Lambert (currently being sued by the City Attorney for operating illegal hotels in Venice and illegally evicting tenants) and the Venice […]

When not manning Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) election boxes, being a key player in the Venice Chamber of Commerce’s (VCC) controversial takeover of the VNC, or evicting rent stabilized tenants from their homes, former Venice Chamber President Carl Lambert may now add fighting criminal charges to his list of activities. Read more

On April 5, 2016 the Venice Coalition to Preserve our Unique Community Character (VC-PUCC) Led a Walking Tour Illustrating Their Lawsuit Against the City of Los Angeles’ Flagrant Disregard for Its Own Planning Policies Venice, CA: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 – Acclaimed land use attorney, Sabrina Venskus, explains in detail the “Save Venice” lawsuit to […] […]

Poetry – I

I
I come from the story of who?
I stared at the painting for years
amazing picture of the Phoenix
The bird that sets itself on fire disappears
into the fire
Then Poof! Come Back: new bird to see
The ultimate in belief –
but NO, looking at it, staring at it,
(staring?)
The picture moves over and there is a man
laying on his back, arms and legs stretched out
beautiful beautiful colors
amazing tricks these painters do posess.
I want to be a painter, a poet, a child
I want to sing the bird’s song.
and not the human’s
humans don’t say what they mean
Mean, they say, mean, they say.
II
I want the rain to come back
I want hills and ditchs filled with water
I want faries to live in tiny leaves and branches
I planted a garden in a deep bowl
placed a small Buddah in the middle
watching grass grow – my cat eats it
I stand on my balcony and search for sunsets
sunsets have been replaced by fog
tall trees stand there – watching everyone
tall trees stand there – watching everyone
tall trees and birds flying through the sky
making outrageous noises here and there
I want to be a poet and a painter
I want to be me.
– Mary Getlein.